Appendix A
List of Background Materials
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NRC. 2002. Assessment of the Usefulness and Availability of NASA’s Earth and Space Science Mission Data. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
NRC. 2002. Geoscience Data and Collections: National Resources in Peril. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
NRC. 2002. Review of USGCRP Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle Research. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
NRC. 2003. Living on an Active Earth: Perspectives on Earthquake Science. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
NRC. 2003. Review of NOAA’s Geophysical Data Center. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
NRC. 2004. Partnerships for Reducing Landslide Risk: Assessment of the National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
NRC. 2004. Review of NASA’s Solid-Earth Science Strategy. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
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NRC. 2010. Advancing the Science of Climate Change. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
NRC. 2010. Assessment of Impediments to Interagency Collaboration on Space and Earth Science Missions. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
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